Summary: Is Ruth a heroine or a victim? Part of understanding this has to do with seeing how God's law is FOR people, much like Jesus says the Sabbath was for man, not the man for Sabbath. Also, God Continue Reading

Summary: Boaz tells the one man who is a nearer kinsman than he is about the land of Elimelech's being sold, but when the man finds out Ruth is part of the bargain, he says he can't redeem it. So Boaz Continue Reading

Summary: Ruth follows Naomi's instructions about how she can ask Boaz to take her as a wife according to the law of the near kinsman. Boaz promises to take care of everything and sends Ruth home with Continue Reading

Summary: Ruth works very hard to provide food for herself and Naomi. She ends up in a field that Boaz owns and he has heard about how she cares for Naomi. He takes special measures to make sure Ruth Continue Reading

Summary: During the times of the judges, Naomi and her husband go to live in Moab. After all the men in her family die, Naomi heads back to Bethlehem. She urges her widowed daughter-in-laws to go back Continue Reading